Regulator says number of Internet users in Nigeria reduced in December

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February 12, 2016 11:22 AM

According to the NCC's Monthly Internet Subscriber Data statistics, the total number of GSM and CDMA subscribers in Nigeria was 97,182,014 in December 2015.

Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, NCC CEO/EVC

According to various media reports, the latest figures released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday revealed that the number of internet users on telecom networks in Nigeria decreased by 788,215 in December 2015.

According to the NCC's Monthly Internet Subscriber Data statistics, the total number of GSM and CDMA subscribers in Nigeria was 97,182,014 in December 2015. The regulator said this was in contrast to 97,970,229 internet subscribers recorded in November, highlighting a decrease of 788,215 users in December.

The data also showed that 97,042,543 of the 97,182,014 users recorded were on GSM networks, while 149,471 users were on the CDMA networks.

GSM operators lost 791,474 internet users, while CDMA operators added 3,259 subscribers in December.

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The NCC data showed that MTN recorded a decrease of 948,131 internet subscribers, Globacom has 25,082,066 subscribers surfing the net on its network in December, up from the 24,952,559 that surfed the internet on the network in November.

Airtel, meanwhile, had 16,835,952 internet users in December, as against 16,837,282 customers recorded in November, recording a decrease of 1,330 users.

Etisalat had 15,189,788 customers who browsed the internet in December, as against the 15,161,307 users in November, posting an increase of 28,481.

For CDMA operators, the NCC disclosed that Multi-Links and Visafone, had a joint total of 149,471 internet users on their networks in December.

The only two surviving CDMA networks in the country recorded an increase of 3,259 internet subscribers in the month under review.

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